Your Food in Shining Armor

by | Nov 13, 2005 | Journaler | 5 comments

Did you know that some people actually eat armadillos? When hubby was a small child, he took his first trip to the US and his one goal was to come home from Texas having caught himself an armadillo. I love this story because I can imagine him as a little boy walking around Houston looking for this animal. Today I was browsing through Alan Davidson’s book The Oxford Companion to Food and I found an entry on armadillos and how it’s actually eaten in Brazil! And look! I even found recipes! When I Googled I found a whole bunch of recipes too that are called “armadillo-whatever” but they were just made-up names of other dishes. Interesting though.

So, if I served you armadillo, slathered in butter, would you eat it with me? We’d have to catch one first, though.

5 Comments

  1. Kai
    Kai on 14 November 2005 at 3:49 am

    NO, thank you. Give me balut anytime! hehehe…

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  2. desertpinoy
    desertpinoy on 14 November 2005 at 6:29 pm

    I can handle that. I had a Bayawak (Monitor Lizard)when I was kid. I think it is the exotic counterpart of Armadillo. Maybe it tastes like chicken…

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  3. stef
    stef on 14 November 2005 at 7:07 pm

    hehehe…. everything tastes like chicken, ‘no. how was the bayawak prepared?

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  4. Nerissa
    Nerissa on 15 November 2005 at 11:38 am

    I don’t know if I would eat armadillo but I know my fiance would join you. The French are well known to eat anything on four legs. 😉

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  5. desertpinoy
    desertpinoy on 15 November 2005 at 5:48 pm

    It was prepared by boiling it with ginger then prepared as adobong tuyo with bay leaves and lots of chili. Mostly it is served as pulutan(appetizer)and not as viand. Some prepared it in Igado style. Yumm??? How about Dagang Bukid, Musang, Sawa ,Salagubang, Camaro, Balang and Palaka?

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